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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 06, 1939
Page
5
Washington opens its 1939-40 basketball season with a Friday doubleheader against Centerville and Keokuk. The college game at 7:50 followed by the high school at about 8:45. referee Leo DeKalb. Admission 35 cents for both games with front-row seats 10 cents extra.
An offer for a free booklet presenting opinions of famous doctors on epilepsy, with requests to write to the Educational Division 535 Fifth Avenue New York NY Dept 4-98. This promotional notice aims to inform readers about epilepsy causes and potential cures.
Thirty-nine high school players named to all-state teams will attend the gridiron party in their honor at the University of Iowa on December 15 and 16. Coaches and players travel to Iowa City for campus tours, motion pictures, and talks by Coach Eddie Anderson and Jim Yeager. The event is hosted by the Iowa Daily Press Association with local host The Iowa City Press Citizen.
The Little Six conference starts play Friday as Muscatine led by coach Bob Kinnan is tipped as the team to beat after a 40 to 27 win over Iowa City and a 44 to 14 victory over Diagonal. Fort Madison and Muscatine share defending honors as Fairfield Keokuk Ottumwa Washington Burlington Mt. Pleasant and others show potential as upper bracket contenders through early-season results.
Ruth Weber headed the cast in Family Portrait at Cornell college Little Theater with Mary the mother of Jesus. Craig Huston of the area joined the production, drawing attendance from local relatives as the show ran Thursday and Friday evenings.
Nile Kinnick will receive the 1939 Heisman trophy in New York with coach Dr. Eddie Anderson. He won by 246 points over Tom Harmon and will also receive the Robert Maxwell Memorial award in January.
One of 40000 ration tins of chocolate given by Queen Victoria to troops in Africa during the Boer War Christmas 1899 is owned by F Reed a 62 year old unemployed printer of Hastings England.
Glendale residents attended a crowded schoolhouse program featuring dialogues readings trios a mock wedding neighborhood news and instrumental selections. Refreshments of pie and coffee followed with a social time. Nettie and Leslie Miller hosted relatives at a Thanksgiving dinner with guests from Peoria Ottumwa Keota Riverside and Richmond.
Dee Merrimac reports a day of family visits with the Nicola Amrine Blick Amrine and Dusenberry families traveling between homes. Additional gatherings included the Wellington Hazen Reschley and Reeves households sharing Thursday activities and visits to parental residences in the area.
The Marx brothers headline a riotous new comedy Mary Bros at the Circus now playing at the State Theatre through Saturday. Harpo and Chico hire a lawyer to save Kenny Bake from losing his share as chaos erupts in a three ring circus with modernized menagerie and hundreds of acts.
Allan Lane Linda Hayes and Robert Barrat headline a thriller about a conspiracy plot. The story follows the adventures of a secret police controlled under a dictatorial regime as it pursues dissidents and hidden powers.
A Burlington family visited Earl Smiths on Sunday, sharing time and conversation with the Smiths during a pleasant weekend gathering.
J Farrel MacDonald and Charles iJFay star with Lew Landers directing. The plot centers on a clean cut American man swept up in covert political strife abroad, with a tight supporting cast framing his unexpected involvement.
Paul Guilfoyle, famed for tough roles, shows his knife throwing expertise as an underworld finger man in One Hour To Live at the Fox Theatre with Charles Bickford and Doris Nolan. He recalls earlier stage success with Katherine Cornell in The Green Hat.
India maintains the world's lowest land letter postage while earning profits for its postal system. The government says volume growth and efficiency drive earnings despite cheap rates.
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